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Definition of Man-eating shark

1. Noun. Large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Man-eating Shark

Literary usage of Man-eating shark

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Where, When, and how to Catch Fish on the East Coast of Florida by William H. Gregg, John Gardner (1902)
"... 1901, on the man- eating Shark subject, which 1 herewith quote. I am of the opinion, however, that a mistake is made in the account of the Florida mail ..."

2. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"... chivalrous fish of the ocean, To ladies forbearing and mild, Though his record be dark, is the man-eating shark Who will eat neither woman nor child. ..."

3. Legends of Old Honolulu by William Drake Westervell (1915)
"Pehu was a man-eating shark and was swimming back and forth at ... Ka-ehu said to his friends: "We must kill this man-eating shark who is destroying our ..."

4. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"... a dreaded man-eating shark received the name of a dead man and was propitiated with offerings of 1 K. Semper, Dit Palau-Inseln im xxiii. (1894), p. 165. ..."

5. Naval Hygiene by James Chambers Pryor (1918)
"The reports of activity of a man-eating shark along the Atlantic Coast during the summer of 1916 have been chronicled, especially on the New Jersey Coast. ..."

6. From Job to Job Around the World by Alfred Charles Benson Fletcher (1916)
"On the end of the line was a ten-foot man-eating shark and as we got the monster alongside the dredge one of the Hawaiians, an expert swimmer, dived off the ..."

7. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"One old wrecker told us that he killed a regular man-eating shark fourteen feet long, and hauled him out with his oxen, where we had bathed; and another, ..."

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